Igo

Igo (Rodrigo Fomins) is a Latvian singer born in Liepāja. He became one of the most popular Latvian musicians in the 80s when he sang in bands such as Līvi, Remix, and Liepājas Kvartets. He has collaborated with the most notable Latvian composers: Raimonds Pauls, Imants Kalniņš, Zigmars Liepiņš, and others. After winning the Grand Prix at the Jūrmala 86 young singers’ competition of the USSR, Igo embarked upon a successful solo career in 1990.
For many, he will always be Lācplesis from Māra Zālīte and Zigmars Liepiņ’s rock opera Lācplesis and Quasimodo from Zigmars Liepiņš’ rock opera Notre-Dame de Paris (Parīzes Dievmātes katedrāle). He has also recorded several tens of successful solo albums, participated in television and radio shows, published collections of poems, developed conceptual concert programs, and for many years organized cultural events, clean-ups, and charity concerts.
In recent years, there have been very successful collaborations with the musicians Mesa and Agnese Rakovska/Triana Park.
Igo continues to release new songs and actively performs with the accompaniment of various groups of musicians. In 2022, he actively performed concerts in Latvia, as well as in Norway, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.